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1. (n.) copperhead
a North American pit viper, Agkistrodon contortrix, having a copper-colored head.
2. copperhead
(cap.) a Northerner who supported the South during the Civil War.
Etymology: (1765–75)
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1. (noun) copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix
common coppery brown pit viper of upland eastern United States
2. (noun) copperhead, Denisonia superba
venomous but sluggish reddish-brown snake of Australia
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1. (noun) copperhead
a poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper
2. (noun) copperhead
a nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War
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